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Venerable Master Sheng-yen (聖嚴法師) () lineage, Master Sheng Yen is the 52nd generation descendant of Master Tung Shan (807-869), and the direct descendant of Master Tung Chu (1908-1977). Born near Shanghai , he became a Buddhist Monk at the age of 13. He went to Taiwan in 1949 , and from 1961 to 1968 he trained in solitary retreat. He studied for a Master's Degree ( 1971 ) and Doctorate ( 1975 ) in Buddhist Literature in Japan . He became abbott of Nung Ch'an Monastery in Taiwan in 1979 and founded of the Institute Of Chung-Hwa Buddhist Culture in New York City in 1980 . In 1985 , he founded the Institute of Chung-Hwa Buddhist Culture in Taipei and the International Cultural and Educational Foundation of Dharma Drum Mountain in 1989 . He has been teaching in the United States since 1980 , and has also visited many countries in Europe , as well as continuing his teaching in several Asia n countries, in particular Taiwan. In this way his work has helped to bridge East and West and convey the Dharma to the West. He is known as a skillful teacher who has helped many of his students to reach enlightenment mostly through HuaTo meditation. Master Sheng-yen has given Dharma Transmission to several of his lay Western students, such as John Crook . His health has been quite poor since the past couple of years, although he still gave lectures at several retreats at Taiwan . BOOKS
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